Chapter 10 - Ascend to New Heights
"Okay, that's enough." A voice called out.
I worked out the kinks in my neck. I was feeling more than a little tired. "Are you sure? It didn't seem like much was happening."
"While it may be visually unimpressive to you, to us it was more than you can imagine." Chrysalis said.
"Well it sure took a while. I can't imagine that feedings that happen every day usually take that long, especially for only four changelings. What gives?" I asked.
"Well, I didn't actually just use you to feed the changelings. That was done in only seconds. I also used you to fill up our 'vault'."
"You guys have a vault for emotions?" I asked.
"Well, not a literal vault. As queen, I have the ability to store a huge amount of emotions inside of myself and distribute them as needed. Right now I'd say we have about enough for two years, or longer, if we ration the emotions."
Enough for two years? Sheesh. Feel tired yet?
Well, actually, I am really tired. Although that could just be the stress of all this catching up to me.
Well, before you decide to go take a nap, you might want to get your weapons back.
I almost forgot about that! I guess with everything that's happening it kind of slipped my mind.
I absent-mindedly brushed my gun holster with my hand. "Hey, where did you take my weapons?"
At this, Chrysalis turned sheepish. "They're in my quarters, but I may have... broken them a tiny bit."
"WHAT?" WHAT?
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I opened the chest to find all of my weapons , still intact, laying on top of hundreds of papers, as well as a few gems. I hurriedly took them out and vigorously took each and every one of them apart. I made sure every spring, every bolt, and every hammer was still in place, and put them back together with the skill and speed you could only acquire from doing the same thing hundreds of times. As far as I could tell everything was in working order, and nothing was missing. Well, nothing except for one thing.
"WHERE IS ALL OF MY AMMO?" I yelled.
"Ah heh, well you see, I saw you use these 'guns' multiple times, all to devestating effect. So I might have decided to try them out for myself." Chrysalis grinned half-heartedly.
"And you used up-- ALL-- of my ammo?"
"Well, when I started, at first i was only going to use a few 'ammos'. But when I started, I just couldn't stop! It was such a rush! I kept loading one 'ammo' after another, and before I knew it I was out of 'ammos' for that gun, and it was on to the next one!" Chrysalis explained.
I ran my fingers through my hair and sighed.
Well at least she's being honest.
"Alright, well I can kind of see where you're coming from. I still remember the time I fired my first gun. It was the good old M1911 handgun. Once I had fired a shot, I couldn't get enough of it. But for the record, they're called 'bullets' , not 'ammos'." I lectured.
"Right." Chrysalis said, glad to be out of that conversation.
I took another look into the chest, and rummaged through the papers and gems until I found what I was looking for.
"Ah! My knife! This baby has gotten me out of a jam more times than I can count!" I said before sliding the knife back into its sheath on my chest strap.
Next up was my flashlight. Not as useful as my knife, but infinitely better than stumbling around blindly in the dark. Luckily I didn't need it here. Chrysalis had told me about how they used the natural glow of the gems that grew here to provide a light source.
Unfortunately, the suitcase I normally use to carry my guns around was nowhere to be seen, and I only had one holster. So I made the tough choice of putting my guns back, with one exception: the revolver I had nicknamed "The Broken Butterfly". I kept that one in my holster for good luck, even though it was basically useless without any bullets.
Alright, now that you've got your equipment back, try to take that nap now. If it's true that I'm part of your subconscious, then I'll do my best work while you're asleep.
Alright. To be honest I could use a bit of sleep after all that's happened.
"Hey, do you mind if I sleep here for a while? This is the only actual bed I've seen." I asked Chrysalis. It was true, her room was the only room I'd seen with an actual bed instead of just a hole in the wall.
"Go ahead. We'll need to start working on what we're going to be doing, so you'll need to be well rested."
"Well, wake me up on about an hour, okay?" It was only a nap, after all.
"Alright. I'll see to it that my changelings get everything in proper working order while you are asleep."
"Alright." I said. I jumped onto the bed, closed my eyes, and was instantly asleep.
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I awoke to find myself above a field of white, with blue above me. I knew I was above the clouds already, and that I was in the sky. The idea of falling was not even present in my mind, and i was completely comfortable with my surroundings. There was only one thought that mattered to me at the moment.
I'm flying.
I spread my arms out and swooped down to touch the clouds. I watched as the cloud vapors slipped in between my fingers as they raked across its surface. Feeling satisfied, I drew my arm back and flew higher. I flew as high as I dared to, and marveled at the sight I saw.
In between the gaps in the clouds I caught glimpses of a luscious land filled with green and spots of blue. The mountain tops rose up from the grounds , gaining on a film of white snow as my eyes rose to their peaks.
I closed my eyes to take in the serenity of it. The feeling of peace that I had right now could not be explained in words. It was something that you would have to feel for yourself to be able to--
"Leon!" A voice called out.
I looked to my lower left to find a black shape that I vaguely identified as Chrysalis standing, not flying, in the air. Suddenly my surroundings stretched and zoomed away, leaving only Chrysalis to be seen.
"Leon, you're flying!" Chrysalis called out.
Then, without warning, I was suddenly falling. My surroundings shifted to Chrysalis' bedroom, and before I could do anything to catch myself, I landed on the bed I was sleeping on before. I blinked before looking to my side to find Chrysalis with a look of disbelief on her face.
"Could you always do that?" She asked uncertainly.
I opened my mouth to talk, but I was speechless. Instead, I simply shook my head.
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he can fly!?!
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1056722 Oh don't you worry: I have something planned.
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Something planned indeed.
Gonna be good!~
oh shiiiit
Da FUQ!?!?
1057021 1057305 1059072 You guys will never guess what I found a couple of hours after posting this chapter.
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So I guess this means Leon's ability to fly is canon now?
1063250 Thank you for your compliments, as well as your words of wisdom! Yeah, I do have a problem with third/first person, but I'm hoping to fix that!
Here's a fun fact about this story: While I did post this story to get better at writing, my greatest hope for this story is that someone sees an idea in it that they like, and decide to use the idea in their story! Someone coming up with an idea shouldn't mean that no one else should use it in their own story. That seems a little ridiculous, seeing as how someone could take that idea and put a new spin on it, or use it in a new context. For example: I got the idea of the changeling chrysalises being used to turn ponies into changelings from TeaPartyCannon's fic Smoke and Mirrors. While in that story it was used to change ponies into changelings like it was intended to be used, in this story it's used as an effort to control Leon because of Chrysalis' hasty paranoia about him.
So yeah, if you see anything you like, feel free to use it!
1064303 It's a common idea in many stories that Celestia's entrance exam was fake (along with Spike's egg), with the idea behind it being that it was meant to teach Celestia's students how to accept and handle failure (and they had actually already been accepted by then).
In this story I thought it would add well to Princess Celestia being all-around kind, but also having a darker side hidden under the kindness, evidenced how she has the political system set up to where she has unquestionable power.
Edit: also "Princess C" is the best nickname for Celestia ever. I can't stop using it.
Read the whole thing starts to finish and you more than peaked my interest and I’m loving the U-3 pony interactions (I wonder what could happen when Rarity meets him).
(Leon somehow seems OC but it sticks with what at least I know about him / quick to make friends even with strangers especially those who he thinks have plight. The whole ‘we only want to not starve to death the ‘others’ kill us out of xenophobia and prejudice’ thing mightn’t help, but I feel he is a little quick to trust her especially after she admitted to trying to brain wash him. Although an emotionally distressed critter that feeds on love, come up only to his neck, and is member of a species that has a population of under-five mightn’t just not seem much of a threat to someone who is a protagonist of the resi universe. Especially when there leader supposedly admitted to trying to control him so he doesn’t just slaughter them on sight. Or she mightn’t just be playing him.
Either way definitely going to track this one In the meantime have a fave and a thumb
Awwwww yeah! The Broken Butterfly. POW! YOU ARE DEAD! IT BETTER HURT!
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>My face when I first saw that sexy, sexy exclusive upgrade. 50 POINTS OF DAMAGE!!!
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Still, 50 is nothing compared to the Smith and Wesson .500, AKA the Handcannon. Fully upgarded does 99.9 damage with unlimited ammo. Speaking of weapons, what weapons did Leon have before Chrysalis wasted all the ammo?
1076835 I made that vague on purpose. Everybody's a winner!
Although, I'll have you know that I favor the Red 9. It's as strong as a shotgun when it's fully upgraded. Wouldn't have been able to complete Proffessional mode without it!
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I love the Red 9 too! I fully upgraded it and I have it along with it the Striker shotgun and the Semi-auto rifle. When I am angry I use the Chicago Typewriter.
1101741 No worries, dawg. I meant for Celestia to be OOC there, as I'm portraying her differently than in the show. Although, that being said, she did come off as a little too OOC there, so I'll be sure to keep your advice in mind for later chapters.
As for U-3, my response is:
"CRAP! I MEANT TO WRITE MORE TO THAT SCENE!"
I wanted it to come off that U-3 was against it, but the princess presented it to him in such a way that it seemed like there was no other option. but I couldn't think of anything to write so I just wrote a quick ending to the scene so I could move onto other scenes, and told myself I would come back to it later. I guess I kind of forgot.
Luckily, instead of having to go back and change the entire direction of the conversation (and therefor having to make everyone re-read the chapter because of that one change), I'll just cleverly insert a line or two that doesn't change too much, but a lot of mood to the conversation.
Thanks for your feed-back (And the reminder
). Have an Ocelot for your troubles!
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Oh this is interesting... hmm...
LOL, Emotion Vault... nice.
Good job.